discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Te Ntabo human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēRed shell ornament (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe Ntabo. Red shell neck ornament. This is a pendant that has been cut from the shell of koikoinanti (Spondylous ducalis). It is convex in form and shaped like an almond. The convex surface has been smoothed to show a slightly polished area. A shallow furrow runs along an angle across the exterior. Opposite, the concave surface shows the remains of the original interior of the shell and is of a transparent white colour where the red exterior can be seen. The depth of the shell material can be seen from where it has been cut into an almond shape. The convex surface is made up of dark red and white lines that curve across the pendant. A circular perforation has been drilled into the more curved end of the almond shaped ornament. A two-ply braid of dark brown human hair and/or kora (coconut sennit fibre cordage) would be threaded through the drilled perforation to form a neck band. It would be worn around the neck, placed above the bunna (throat ornament of human hair) and worn mostly by men. The koikoinanti can also be referred to as 'the small shell of the spirits' and is regarded a highly valuable possession.WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1940.3Rā Tāpiringa1940Tohu Tuakiri Kē25170.2 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te Ntabo; 1940.3; 25170.2; Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1940.3, 25170.2Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1940Tikanga Waihangacarved drilled [handmade]Waitohu/māka25170.2; GILBERT IS.; DEP. (handwritten) PP.2 (label, stick on/label)Pāohospondylus/seashell/shellRaraunga Ine70mm25mm4mmHuinga KaupapaAdornment/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Men/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Women/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnament, NeckBody AdornmentOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsTuhipoka Rawatoi/MātūC. tritoniaWhakahounga o Mua30 Nov 2018 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60